Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Cloudflare, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking an engineer for its Kubernetes platform team. You will build tools to deploy and operate services that power Cloudflare’s global network, combining software engineering with DevOps responsibilities.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and efficiency across a multi-regional environment. You will work with Go, TypeScript, and Bash, break down complex problems, and collaborate with product teams to deliver robust infrastructure that enables fast, safe releases.

Qualifications

• Experience managing production Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience operating systems on-premise at scale in roles such as SRE, systems design or architecture.
• Excellent debugging skills in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable and resilient systems to support growth.
• Collaborate with application teams to optimize Kubernetes deployments.
• Harden platform against threats, noise, and incidents.
• Improve resource efficiency (CPU, memory, bandwidth, storage).
• Respond to, resolve, and prevent platform incidents.

Skills

Kubernetes management

Linux debugging

Go/TypeScript/Bash

IP networking

Container runtimes

Tools

Envoy

Contour

Consul

etcd

KubeVirt

Calico

Ceph

Rook

CDK8s

Cloudprober

CNIs

ClusterAPI

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking an engineer for its Kubernetes platform team. You will build tools to deploy and operate services that power Cloudflare’s global network, combining software engineering with DevOps responsibilities.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and efficiency across a multi-regional environment. You will work with Go, TypeScript, and Bash, break down complex problems, and collaborate with product teams to deliver robust infrastructure that enables fast, safe releases.